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Visit Santa Fe Trail End Marker, Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1910 End of the Santa Fe Trail marble monument on the southeast corner of the Santa Fe Plaza. The Plaza marks the official western end of the Santa Fe Trail. The monument is included in the National Historic Landmark designation and in the National Register of Historic Places listing for the Santa Fe Plaza (NRHP No. 66000491).
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, the trail served as a vital commercial highway until 1880, when the railroad arrived in Santa Fe. Santa Fe was near the end of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro which carried trade from Mexico City. The trail was later incorporated into parts of the National Old Trails Road and U.S. Route 66.
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